How did Zimmerman become the victim?

4:27 PM,
Jul. 17, 2013

Written by

DeWayne
Wickham

Long before a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin, I'd given up on justice prevailing in this case.

I was pessimistic even though the facts seemed clear: The armed, wannabe cop pursued the 17-year-old boy through the dark streets of a Sanford, Fla., neighborhood over the objection of a 911 operator because he believed the boy was one of those "punks" who "always get away" with a crime.

Zimmerman, a 29-year-old white Hispanic who had a loaded gun stuffed in his pants the night of his deadly encounter with the black teen, had Florida law - and the suppressed ...